Definition of roller

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Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.

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Roller :: Roller (n.) A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man..
Inker :: Inker (n.) One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type..
Shell :: Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..
Roller :: Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
Cyclostyle :: Cyclostyle (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller..
Malleable :: Malleable (a.) Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals..
Droller :: Droller (n.) A jester; a droll.
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..
Nugacity :: Nugacity (n.) Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery.
Repeat :: Repeat (n.) That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.)..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building..
Drollery :: Drollery (n.) A puppet show; also, a puppet..
Comptroler :: Comptroler (n.) A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
Roller :: Roller (n.) A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them..
Wire :: Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel..
Tortrix :: Tortrix (n.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller..
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